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Tag Archives: farmers markets
Book Review: Toolbox for Sustainable City Living
Here’s a book that I bought “back in the day,” when we first installed our garden and got our bees in 2008—Toolbox for Sustainable City Living. I was reminded of it when I spotted it while going through my book … Continue reading
Book Review: The Urban Farm Handbook
Do you wish sometimes that you had enough land to be able to keep bees, goats, rabbits, and chickens and to grow all the vegetables you could eat, without worrying about neighbors’ complaints? Lots of us in this movement wish … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Cooking, Cooking At Home, Ducks, Eating For Beginners, Farmers Markets, Food Revolution, Gardening, General, Growing herbs, Honeybees, Local Food Books, Local Food Buying, Local Food Eating, Meeting Neighbors Through Food, Neighborhood Food Eating, Organic Food, Organic Gardening, Pruning Fruit Trees, Raised Bed Planter Boxes, Self sustainability, Trading Food, Urban Beekeeping, Urban Farming, Wild Food, Worm composting
Tagged beekeeping, beekeeping for beginners, cooking at home, eating local food, farmers markets, food revolution, foraged food, honeybees, local eggs, local food buying, meeting neighbors through food, organic food, organic gardening, self sustainability, trading food, urban beekeeping, urban farming
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Video: Roger Doiron–My subversive (garden) plot
Here’s a TED Talks video by the guy that campaigned for the White House garden. His talk is both funny and informative. He makes a compelling case why we should grow our own food. For example, he asks why not … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Cooking At Home, Eating For Beginners, Farmers Markets, Food Revolution, Local Food Buying, Local Food Eating, Neighborhood Food Eating, Organic Food, Organic Gardening, Raised Bed Planter Boxes, Self sustainability, Urban Farming
Tagged cooking at home, farmers markets, organic food, organic gardening, urban farming
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The Bay Area Homegrown Cookbook
I am proud and excited to let everyone know that my partner and I have been included in a new book about homegrown food and local restaurants, The Bay Area Homegrown Cookbook, by Aaron French. We are featured as mushroom … Continue reading
My (Almost All) Local Minestrone Soup
Recently, much to my partner’s delight, I made summer minestrone soup. It’s a recipe adapted from Maria Helm Sinskey’s highly recommended cookbook The Vineyard Kitchen. I’m doubly proud because most of the ingredients were locally sourced. I’ve included the adapted … Continue reading
Posted in Bartering Food, Cooking At Home, Farmers Markets, Food Revolution, General, Golden Gate Gardening, Local Food Books, Local Food Eating, Meeting Neighbors Through Food, Neighborhood Food Eating, Organic Food, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Trading Food, Urban Farming
Tagged cooking at home, eating local food, farmers markets, food revolution, local food buying, meeting neighbors through food, organic food, organic gardening, trading food, urban farming
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My Favorite Tomatoes
You are probably wondering why the heck I am writing about TOMATOES right now. After all, at this writing, we are in December. If you haven’t guessed already, I like to think about the past growing season and remember what … Continue reading
Posted in Farmers Markets, General, Local Food Buying, Meeting Neighbors Through Food, Neighborhood Food Eating, Organic Gardening, Urban Farming
Tagged eating local food, farmers markets, growing tomatoes, meeting neighbors through food, organic gardening, regional gardening, urban farming
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Local Organic Farmers’ Markets; hard times?
The last two Saturdays, I was randomly invited to answer questions about my current Farmers’ Markets shopping habits. The first Saturday, two students from UC Berkeley asked if they could film me and ask questions whether my shopping habits at … Continue reading
